# Cryptic overlaps **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [June 25, 2021, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983 "2021-06-25T03:30:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 103
**Author:** ![Oly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oly/32/8255_2.png) [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2023, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2042 "2023-04-02T22:21:51Z")
Microsoft (Mycroft + SO) +++ They say you frequently err by an order of magnitude (10) ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2023, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2043 "2023-04-03T09:05:55Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Sounds like Sherlock’s brother involved his spouse in making corporation. (9) Didn’t solve this one but really like it 🙂. > [@Oly](#): > > They say you frequently err by an order of magnitude (10) OFTENTIMES (sounds like “off ten times”) +++++ Astronomer is less tidy (7) ---
**Author:** ![Oly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oly/32/8255_2.png) [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2023, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2044 "2023-04-03T12:33:44Z")
Messier +++++ To transgress again is a sticky situation (5) ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2023, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2045 "2023-04-03T19:24:37Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > To transgress again is a sticky situation (5) RESIN (spelled alike) * * * It’s evil, crooner Bobby, to use Elven words. (8) ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2023, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2046 "2023-04-03T20:25:19Z")
SINDARIN (Sin + Darin) ++++++ In MMA, Charles uses no weapons (8). ---
**Author:** ![Oly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oly/32/8255_2.png) [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2023, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2047 "2023-04-04T12:50:27Z")
Nunchuck (none Chuck) +++++ Throw rebel back to crazy king? Sweet and seedy! (13) ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2023, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2048 "2023-04-05T02:41:26Z")
Throw rebel back to crazy king? Sweet and seedy! (13) HUCKLEBERRIES (Huck + “rebel” backwards + sire\*) +++++ Sets apart cracked Easter eggs. (10) ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2023, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2049 "2023-04-05T11:07:21Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Sets apart cracked Easter eggs. (10) SEGREGATES (anagram) * * * Exam will encompass, returning concerns about four-dimensional shape. (9) ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2023, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2050 "2023-04-05T12:24:09Z")
TESSERACT (test, with “cares” backwards inside) +++++ Procedure for quickly reading DEFGHIJKLMNOPQRS (1, 1, 4) ---
**Author:** ![Oly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oly/32/8255_2.png) [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2023, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2051 "2023-04-05T12:33:03Z")
CT scan ++++ Ten are becoming niftier (6) ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2023, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2052 "2023-04-05T14:50:09Z")
NEATER (ten are\*) +++++ Mock oral exams, hesitate at first (6) ---
**Author:** ![Oly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oly/32/8255_2.png) [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2023, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2053 "2023-04-06T10:14:36Z")
Ersatz (Er + SATs, using z for s as in a homophone)? ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2023, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2054 "2023-04-06T10:23:40Z")
Very good - I think this was a tougher one. The “oral” in the clue was meant to indicate ‘sounds like’. Carry on! ---
**Author:** ![Oly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oly/32/8255_2.png) [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2023, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2055 "2023-04-06T12:52:18Z")
I was puzzled at first by the oral part, as the SATs are not that kind of exam. That’s why I didn’t answer outright. But the penny dropped right after I posted. Nice one. I like solving but coming up with good clues is challenging. I don’t have time to put into it right now, but don’t want to stall the game. Therefore I humbly defer my puzzle-posting to anyone who wants to take it. In play: ERSTAZ ---
**Author:** ![Oly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oly/32/8255_2.png) [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2023, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2056 "2023-04-06T15:50:14Z")
Ok, nm. I have one: Archipelago lulls a brain to sawing logs (8) ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2023, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2057 "2023-04-06T16:41:53Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > Archipelago lulls a brain to sawing logs (8) ZANZIBAR (a + brain + zz) * * * When Rome moved into tannery worker territory, it created an atmospheric pressure reader. (9) ---
**Author:** ![Oly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oly/32/8255_2.png) [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2023, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2058 "2023-04-07T12:36:02Z")
Barometer (Rome inside bater) _Although_ bater _is not a widely spoken about occupation, nearly everyone secretly becomes a_ Master _at it._ +++++ I hear Mr. Crowe is notorious for illegally acquiring stock (6). ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2023, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2059 "2023-04-07T18:35:27Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > I hear Mr. Crowe is notorious for illegally acquiring stock (6). RUSTLE (soundalike) * * * Jerky lion seen causing disaster while he screamed his name in a viral WoW video. (6, 7) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2023, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2060 "2023-04-08T05:31:26Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Jerky lion seen causing disaster while he screamed his name in a viral WoW video. (6, 7) LEROY JENKINS (anagram) +++++ Family cruise(7) ---
**Author:** ![Oly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oly/32/8255_2.png) [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2023, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2061 "2023-04-08T16:48:15Z")
Kinship ++++ Tut seldom opposed Spooner (7) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=102) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=104)